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Category Archives: US-Afghanistan Relations
US not willing to return Afghan military aircraft flown to Tajikistan
Ariana: US Ambassador to Tajikistan John Mark Pommersheim said in Dushanbe this week that Washington does not plan to hand back the Afghan air force planes and helicopters flown to Tajikistan by Afghan pilots fleeing the country in August last year. The ruling Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) authorities have repeatedly called for the aircraft
Afghan Interpreter Eludes 12 Taliban Checkpoints to Escape Into Pakistan, Travel On to US
Carolyn Presutti VOA News May 12, 2022 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — They started falling from the above and it took a second for Najeebullah to realize what they were. U.S. dollar bills. Coming from above his head in the baggage claim area of the Seattle, Washington, airport. Then he realized his friends were showering him with cash,
In Afghanistan, the War on Terror Continues
The American Prospect: Violence has definitely decreased, but has not disappeared. At least in two mountainous districts, Andarab and Khost wa Fereng, anti-Taliban militias primarily consisting of former army soldiers are still active, biding their time and hoping to increase pressure on the Taliban once the winter snows melt away. It is still not fully
Blackburn: Is Taliban using abandoned U.S. data to target allies in Afghanistan?
Ripon Advance News Service: U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) led seven of her Republican colleagues in questioning the State and Defense departments about a disclosure that the Taliban is using biometric data left behind by the United States during its withdrawal from Afghanistan to target American allies who remain in the war-torn nation. Click here
US gives 16 Mi-17 helicopters procured for Afghanistan to Ukraine: SIGAR
Ariana: The United States is giving Ukraine 16 Mi-17 helicopters that Washington had procured for the former Afghanistan government, a US watchdog agency said Wednesday. This comes after Uzbekistan authorities said last week that dozens of aircraft flown into their country in August last year, during the collapse of the former government, belong to the
Iran accuses US of using Daesh to destablize Afghanistan
Ariana: Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has accused Washington of using ISIS (Daesh) to create insecurity and a rift among religious and ethnic groups in Afghanistan. Tasnim news agency meanwhile reported that Qalibaf also stated that the IEA had failed to provide security and that he called the creation of an inclusive government with
Uzbeks Say Aircraft Flown From Afghanistan Are US Property
Navbahor Imamova VOA News April 29, 2022 TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN — Defying Taliban demands, authorities in Uzbekistan say dozens of aircraft flown into their territory as the former Afghan government collapsed last summer are the property of the United States and will not be returned to the interim government in Kabul. The decision is likely to complicate
US left behind $7 billion of military gear after troops withdrew: Pentagon
Ariana: A new Pentagon report has revealed that the US left $7 billion of military gear – including 78 aircraft, 12,000 Humvees and thousands of air-to-ground weapons – in Afghanistan after President Joe Biden’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal. According to the report, seen by CNN, the US Defense Department has no plans to return to Afghanistan
US commission: Cite Afghanistan for religious persecution
AP: The commission also cited a Human Rights Watch report of the Taliban attacking and seizing property of ethnic Hazaras belonging to the Shiite Muslim minority, plus an Amnesty International report of a Taliban massacre of Hazara men in 2021. Click here to read more (external link).